Sheffield boy stabbed on city estate was local

A Sheffield boy stabbed to death on a Sheffield estate lived there, the police have revealed.

By The Newsroom

Published 25th May 2018, 11:08 BST

Updated 25th May 2018, 11:11 BST

Police activity in Lowedges after a local boy was stabbed last night

The 15-year-old, who has not yet been named, was knifed in Lowedges Road, Lowedges, at 7.50pm yesterday and died in hospital an hour later.

CRIME: Police cordon extended after murder of Sheffield boy, 15South Yorkshire Police confirmed this morning that the boy lived on the Lowedges estate.

A white police tent has been erected at the spot where the injured teenager was found, close to the junction with Chesterfield Road South.

POLICE: Killer of Sheffield teenager, aged 15, still at largeOfficers have sealed off a large area of the estate, including Chesterfield Road South between the Bowshaw roundabout and Meadowhead roundabout, while detectives work to establish exactly what happened.